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Ardeidae: Herons, Egrets, Bitterns
Order: Pelecaniformes
Family: Ardeidae (herons, egrets, bitterns)
- includes egrets, herons, and bitterns
- around 18 genera (11 depicted)
- around 64 species worldwide (21 depicted)
Species on page
Snowy egret (Egretta thula)
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Little egret (Egretta garzetta)
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Tricolored heron (Egretta tricolor)
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Little blue heron (Egretta caerulea)
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White-faced heron (Egretta novaehollandiae)
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Reddish egret (Egretta rufescens)
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Great blue heron (Ardea herodias)
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Great egret (Ardea alba)
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White-necked heron (Ardea cocoi)
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Grey heron (Ardea cinerea)
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Squacco heron (Ardeola ralloides)
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Black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
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Yellow-crowned night heron (Nyctanassa violacea)
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Green heron (Butorides virescens)
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Lava heron (Butorides sundevalli)
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Striated heron (Butorides striata)
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Rufescent tiger heron (Tigrisoma lineatum), aka Soco-Boi
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Cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis)
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Boat-billed heron (Cochlearius cochlearius)
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Bittern (Botaurus)
Snowy
Snowy on top
Yellow below
Snowy reflected
Bad day for flavi man
Snowy casts a long shadow
Snowy with fish reflected
Snowy crab grab
Snowy
Snowy
Phosphate dreams: snowy egret meets Snowy detergent
Snowy
Snow in the water
Snowy
Snowy
Snow on the rocks
Snowy in Palo Alto
Snowy reflections
reflections of the snowy on the water and of the water on the snowy
Snowy
Snowy
Little egret (Egretta garzetta)
Aloft
Little
Tricolored
Tricolor heron with fish
Patriotic heron
Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor)
Family: Ardeidae (herons, egrets, bitterns)
Boyton Beach
November 27, 2012
Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor)
Family: Ardeidae (herons, egrets, bitterns)
Florida, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor)
Family: Ardeidae (herons, egrets, bitterns)
Florida, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor)
Family: Ardeidae (herons, egrets, bitterns)
Wakodahatchee
June 20, 2015
Canon 7Dmark2
Tricolor take-off
Little blue heron (Egretta caerulea)
Blue with blue
Immature
Immature little blue heron (Egretta caerulea)
Family: Ardeidae (herons, egrets, bitterns)
Sebastian Inlet State Park
Vero Beach
April 27, 2015
White-faced
White-faced heron
Reddish egret
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
Great blue heron
Great blue heron (Ardea herodias)
Family: Ardeidae (herons, egrets, bitterns)
Green Cay
Florida
2011
Great blue heron goes for the ultimate jump shot
Great blue heron (Ardea herodias)
Family: Ardeidae (herons, egrets, bitterns)
Sanibel Island
Florida
August 22, 2011
Great blue heron
When herons branch out
Wakodahatchee
Mating blues
Great blue heron (Ardea herodias)
Family: Ardeidae (herons, egrets, bitterns)
Wakodahatchee
Delray Beach, Florida
December 2, 2012
Searching for baby turtles
Blue fish
Great blue heron
Herontheground
Big bird
Blue reflected
Great blue heron (Ardea herodias)
Family: Ardeidae (herons, egrets, bitterns)
Puerto Villamil, Isabela Island
Galápagos 2018
July 8, 2018
Canon 7Dmarkii
Bad Day for team gopher
Bad Day for team gopher
Bad Day for team gopher
Great egret (Ardea alba)
Great egret
This has gotta hurt
Great flight
Great egret
Great Egret (Ardea alba)
Family: Ardeidae (herons, egrets, bitterns)
Coyote Hills
Santa Clara Bird Alliance bilingual walk
December 21, 2024 - winter solstice
Canon R5
Fly by birding
Great flight
Florida great
Great egret in mustard
White-necked
Cocoi heron (white-necked heron)
White-necked heron
(Ardea cocoi)
Family: Ardeidae
among the water hyacinth
The Pantanal
Grey heron
Grey heron
Family: Ardeidae (herons, egrets, bitterns)
Tanzania
August 5, 2004
Black-crowned
Night heron
What herons look like at night
Night comes a callin'
Night descends upon our pool
Crowned
Crowned
Black crowned night heron
Juvenile at night
Yellow-crowned night heron (Nyctanassa violacea)
Crown of yellow
Bedayed
Rough night
Yellow crowned night heron - in the day without crown
Night heron with crustacean
Night heron with crustacean
Heron Lane
Stare down
Juvenile yellow crowned night heron
Family: Ardeidae (herons, egrets, bitterns)
Galaacute;pagos
July 31, 2015
Rufescent
And boy is he pissed.
Rufescent tiger heron (Tigrisoma lineatum), aka Soco-Boi
Family: Ardeidae
The Pantanal
Squacco heron
Papyrus perch
Squacco heron (Ardeola ralloides)
Family: Ardeidae (herons, egrets, bitterns)
Squacco?
Green Heron
Butorides virescens)
Green
Immature green heron
Family: Ardeidae (herons, egrets, bitterns)
Green Cay
April 30, 2015
Heron head
Green heron
Green heron
Family: Ardeidae (herons, egrets, bitterns)
Wakodahatchee
April 30, 2015
Virescens
In flight
Green heron with fish
Starting from scratch
Green heron (Butorides virescens)
Family: Ardeidae (herons, egrets, bitterns)
UPR Botanical Garden
Puerto Rico
April 29, 2021
Canon R5
Green heron
Lava heron (Butorides sundevalli)
Lava heron
Striated heron (Butorides striata)
Striated
Striated heron (Butorides striata)
Family: Ardeidae (herons, egrets, bitterns)
Fernandina, Galápagos
June 25, 2015
Canon 7Dmark2
Striated
Striated heron (Butorides striata)
Family: Ardeidae (herons, egrets, bitterns)
Fernandina, Galápagos
June 25, 2015
Canon 7Dmark2
Cattle egret
Cattle egret in mangrove
Cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis)
Family: Ardeidae (herons, egrets, bitterns)
Wakodatchee
July 2, 2015
Canon 7Dmark2
Cattle egrets scissored
Cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis)
Family: Ardeidae (herons, egrets, bitterns)
Wakodatchee
July 2, 2015
Canon 7Dmark2
Cattle egret
Cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis)
Family: Ardeidae (herons, egrets, bitterns)
Wakodatchee
July 2, 2015
Canon 7Dmark2
Parent and offspring
Cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis)
Family: Ardeidae (herons, egrets, bitterns)
Wakodatchee
July 2, 2015
Canon 7Dmark2
Bovine buddy
Zebu egret
Cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis)
Family: Ardeidae (herons, egrets, bitterns)
Diego Suarez, Madagascar
July 3, 2016
Canon 7DMark2
Boo bull cuss
Cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis)
Family: Ardeidae (herons, egrets, bitterns)
India
December 17, 2004
Canon PowerShot Pro90 IS
Cattle egret
Boat-billed heron (Cochlearius cochlearius)
Avian boat billder
American bittern
Bittern hiding
Least bittern (Ixobrychus exilis)
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Last modified: June 10, 2025
Renamed: August 7, 2016 (from herons.html)
Created: February 19, 2007
Contact: siegelr@stanford.edu
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